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i. The 1st edition of the North East
Investors Summit was inaugurated by the Union Textiles Minister, Smt. Smriti
Zubin Irani in Shillong, Meghalaya.

ii. The North East Investors Summit
2017 was jointly organized by the Union Ministry of Textiles and the Ministry
of Development of North Eastern Region of the Government of India in
collaboration with industry associations Confederation of Indian Industry and
Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry.

iii. The theme of the summit was
“Exploring Opportunities in North East Region”.

iv. Its aim to launch North East Region
as a Global destination for investment by exploring possibilities of attracting
the investment especially in textile manufacturing.

vi. The summit also aims to attract new
skills and advanced production technology.

ii. The museum, spread over 6700 sq ft,
has been launched jointly by sports historian Boria Majumdar and industrialist
from Kolkata, Harshavardhan Neotia.

iii. India already has two cricket
museums located at Chennai and Pune. However the new multi-sports museum would
cover variety of games ranging from tennis, football, badminton, hockey, golf
and athletics besides cricket.

vi. Apart from these, gloves worn by
Bindra in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Usain Bolt’s running shoes, Racket used by
Pullela Gopichand to train Olympic silver medallist PV Sindhu in Rio,caps of
Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, Bat used by Karun Nair to score 303 against
England among others are some of the eye catching display’s for the museum.

Monday, January 30, 2017

Directions
(1 – 3): Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.

T is 2 m to the east if Point S. Point R is 6 m to the
north of point S. Point V is 9 m to the east of point R. Point U is 10 m to the
south of point V.

Q1. A person starts from point W which is south of point
T, goes 5 m towards north and reaches point X, now he takes a right turn and
reaches point U. Find the distance XU.

a)8 m

b)7 m

c)5 m

d)10 m

e)Cannot be determined

Q2. A person starts from point V and goes 20 m towards
west and reaches point Z. Find difference between lengths of RZ and ST.

a)4 m

b)7 m

c)5 m

d)9 m

e)None of these

Q3. Point S is in which direction with respect to point V?

a)North-east

b)South-West

c)South-east

d)North-west

e)Data inadequate

Directions
(4-10): Study the following information to answer the given questions:

Eight friends – Kavita,
Mohan, Pallavi, Ruby, Awani, Shivam, Laxmi, and Onam, are sitting around a
circular table, facing the center, but not necessarily in the same order. Each
one of them is from different cities of Haryana, viz Chandigarh, Ludhiana, Shimla,
Bhopal, Mumbai, Rajkot, Manali, and Kashmir, but not necessarily in the same
order.

Shivam sits second to
the right of the one who is from Bhopal. The one who is from Manali is an
immediate neighbor of the one who is from Bhopal. Two persons sit between Mohan
and the one who is from Manali. Pallavi and Awani are immediate neighbors of
each other. Neither Pallavi nor Awani is an immediate neighbor of either Mohan
or the one who is from Bhopal. The one who is from Shimla sits second to the
right of Ruby. Ruby is neither from Bhopal nor Manali. Laxmi and the one who is
from Chandigarh are immediate neighbors. Mohan is not from Chandigarh. Only one
person sits between Pallavi and one who is from Ludhiana.

Onam sits third to the
left of the one who is from Kashmir. The one who is from Rajkot sits second to
the left of the one who is from Mumbai.

Q4. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way
based on the given arrangement and thus form a group. Which is the one that
does not belong to that group?

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i. The India Meteorological Department has decided to
set up weather stations in 660 districts of the country for better and prompt
weather forecasting with major focus on non-rain-fed and rain-fed areas to give
crop specific advisories.

ii. Initially, IMD has planned to set up the system in
130 districts and gradually increase it to 660 by 2019. After successful
functioning at district level the plan will be taken at block level.

iii. The India Meteorological Department has also tied
up with the Ministry of Agriculture to use the Krishi Vigyan Kendras, under the
Indian Council of Agricultural Research in the districts, as weather
forecasting observatories.

iv. The India Meteorological Department is an agency
of the Ministry of Earth Sciencesof the Government of India responsible for
meteorologicalobservations, weather forecasting and seismology.

2. INHERITANCE COURT FOR NON-MUSLIMS TO BE SET UP IN ABU DHABI

i. The Deputy PM and Minister of Presidential Affairs
and Chairman of Abu Dhabi Judicial Department, Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al
Nahyan, has issued a resolution to set up a Personal Status and Inheritance
Court for non Muslims in Abu Dhabi.

ii. The objective of setting up the Court is to ensure
access to services for all segment of the society and promote the culture of
tolerance and acceptance of other communities values at the judiciary level.

iii. The aim of the Abu Dhabi Judicial Department is
to enhance the sustainability and effectiveness of the judicial procedures in
harmony with the prevailing norms in the community

iii. The government has appointed AP Singh has interim MD
and CEO of the India Post Payment Bank.

iv. The department of Post has planned to open 650 new
branches for the payment banks in the postal district headquarters and all the
branches under it would provide the payment services.

v. IPPB has been integrated as a Public Sector Bank under
the Department of Posts with 100% GOI equity.

2.
NATIONAL IMMUNIZATION DAY: 29TH JANUARY 2017

i. 29th January 2017 is observed as the National
Immunization Day. President Pranab Mukherjee has launched the countrywide
programme for 2017 by administering polio drops to children aged below five
years at a function in Rashtrapati Bhavan. The programme will cover around 17
crore children aged under five years in an effort to maintain the country's
polio-free status.

3.
DENMARK TO APPOINT WORLD’S FIRST ‘DIGITAL AMBASSADOR’

i. Denmark has announced a 'digital ambassador' to manage
its relationship with technology giants like Apple and Google, becoming the
first country to do so. Denmark's Foreign Minister Anders Samuelsen stated that
“Such companies have become a type of new nations and we need to confront
that”. He also said that “The companies' market values are large enough to
enter G20”.